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From:Air & Space Power Journal (Vol. 27, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedI think most people today understand that cyber clearly underpins the full spectrum of military operations, including planning, employment, monitoring, and assessment capabilities. I can't think of a single military...
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From:Power Engineering (Vol. 102, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedGeorgia Power Co.'s Wansley Electric Generating Plant in west Georgia was built in 1976. Wansley has two 865 MW General Electric large steam turbine-generators. Each is fed by its own boiler, which produces 6,000,000...
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From:Systems Research and Behavioral Science (Vol. 28, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThe design of ordering policies for inventory management in supply chains has traditionally relied on the proportional feedback control structure as a foundation for the design process. Consequently, the impact of...
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From:Hydrocarbon Processing (Vol. 78, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedCommon statistical rules-of-thumb for estimating control performance may need to be revised to reflect technology improvements Economics of a recent fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) control project were...
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From:Hydrocarbon Processing (Vol. 78, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedTo qualify as an upper-tier performer, consider merging these systems, advanced control and optimization The viability of high-performance, low-cost computing platforms - combined with the industry's acceptance of...
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From:Power Engineering (Vol. 99, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedIn order to remain competitive, electric utilities are optimizing power plant operations by upgrading and/or installing state-of-the-art control systems With deregulation moving at a full pace, the U.S.'s electric...
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From:International Journal of Aerospace Engineering (Vol. 2017) Peer-ReviewedThe wing flutter is a dynamic instability of a flight vehicle associated with the interaction of aerodynamic, elastic, and inertial forces (aeroelastics phenomena). In this study, just the primary control is...
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From:Power Engineering (Vol. 101, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedCentral and South West Corp. (CSW) began its control system upgrade program in the mid-1980s with distributed control system (DCS) technology at many of its larger gas units. The early upgrades involved new...
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From:Power Engineering (Vol. 100, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedEight days ahead of schedule, on April 16, 1995, Pennsylvania Electric Co. (Penelec) successfully completed installation of the last of four major control system replacement projects at the Keystone and Conemaugh...
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From:The International Journal of Robotics Research (Vol. 26, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAbstract A Self-surveying Camera Array (SSCA) is a vision-based local-area positioning system consisting of multiple ground-deployed cameras that are capable of self-surveying their extrinsic parameters while...
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From:Advanced Manufacturing Technology (Vol. 24, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedQuite often, a control system designed for one particular family of applications turns out to be very useful in a broader range of industries. That's proved true of model predictive control (MPC), which was originally...
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From:Power Engineering (Vol. 99, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedAccording to a CSR market data report, U.S. electric utilities have plans to spend $546,795,000 during a 30-month period between October 1, 1994 and April 1, 1997 for electric generating plant controls and monitoring...
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From:The Futurist (Vol. 47, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed* Rooms will respond to your touch. Spanish technology research center Tecnalia and several home-furnishings and electronics manufacturers are aiming to make tomorrow's rooms both cozy and intelligent. The consortium is...
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From:Hydrocarbon Processing (Vol. 76, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedChecklists and guidelines help meet minimum requirements In any process industry sector, competitiveness is always a major issue. To gain competitiveness, upgrading the control system is often discussed as a key...
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From:Power Engineering (Vol. 100, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedWhen Power Engineering was founded in 1896, under the name The Practical Engineer, Queen Victoria was on the throne of England, William McKinley had just been elected President of the United States, and the production of...
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From:Mechanical Engineering-CIME (Vol. 121, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed
Distributed control: combining functions into compact modules brings motion control closer to action
The use of digital signal processors and servo controller/amplifier enhances servo motion or motion control systems. Experiments were performed to evaluate the effectiveness of these tools in operating and integrating... -
From:Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (Vol. 63, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedPurpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between feedback and feedforward control of articulation and voice by measuring reflexive and adaptive responses to first formant ([F.sub.1]) and...
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From:Hydrocarbon Processing (Vol. 79, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed
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From:Government Computer News (Vol. 11, Issue 7)Following the path of other Defense Department agencies, the Naval Air Warfare Center is moving toward off-the-shelf equipment for its Manned Flight Simulator (MFS) facility in Patuxent River, Md. After years of...
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From:Power Engineering (Vol. 97, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedWith the aging of power plants and reluctance to construct new plants, regulated electric utilities seek ways to enhance their operations and current assets. One of the most cost effective means is to upgrade power...